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Fall a sleep in my computer chair and woke up with 3 of my left arm fingers numb, why?
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Carpal tunnel syndro: Probably carpal tunnel syndrome from repeated flexion-extension of the wrist while on the computer, provided that the numb fingers included the thumb, index and middle fingers.
Answered 12/9/2012
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